Today we’re announcing the general availability of Azure Files support for authentication with on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Since preview in February 2020, we’ve received great feedback and growing interest from our customers, especially because of increased work from home scenarios. With file shares migrated to the cloud, maintaining access using Active Directory […]
Archives for June 2020
New features and insights in Azure Monitor
Customers need full stack observability for their apps and infrastructure across Azure and hybrid environments to ensure their workloads are always up and running, for which they rely on Azure Monitor. Over the past few months, we have released many new capabilities targeting to improve native integration with Azure, enable easier onboarding at scale, support […]
Identifying and troubleshooting VPN session timeout issues
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Falling demand, safety concerns fuel finance leaders’ pessimism
‘Going to take at least a year’ East Coast Warehouse specializes in food and beverage logistics. Demand from large retailers remains strong. But kegs of beer for restaurants and bars have been sitting in the warehouse, and the freight trucking arm has seen a 10% decline in business, Harris said. Food supply chains will start […]
Just Eat Takeaway is acquiring Grubhub to create a restaurant delivery giant
Two pioneers in restaurant delivery – Just EatTakeaway.com and Grubhub – are combining in a $7.3 billion deal that will create one of the world’s largest delivery companies. Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway.com said late Wednesday that it was acquiring Chicago-based Grubhub, snatching it away from ride-hailing giant Uber, which had been reportedly seeking to team […]
Rising Covid-19 count pushing users to opt for ecomm delivery: Survey
The demand for products on e-commerce platforms is likely to trend higher as the number of Covid-19 positive cases in India continues to rise and as consumers feel safer about having goods delivered home rather than step out. The recovery in demand on e-commerce marketplaces such as Flipkart and Amazon has been estimated at around […]
Bharat is keeping step with India on Internet usage and patterns
With 265 million internet users, rural India is not only catching up with cities in terms of the sheer number of netizens, it is also mirroring the time spent, frequency, share of female users and mode of access with its urban cousin. And, while internet usage might look similar on the surface, the activities which […]
Paul Tudor Jones says companies can no longer exist just to maximize profits
Longtime hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones on Wednesday critiqued the long-held belief that companies should exist for the sole purpose of generating profits. Jones, whose remarks came during a JUST Capital event with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, said it’s that philosophy that allows corporate boards to neglect issues of equity in the workplace and ultimately […]
U.S. economy has hit turning point -White House’s Kudlow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday the U.S. economy appears to have hit a turning point after rapidly plunging into a recession due to the coronavirus pandemic about three months ago. “The stock market is presaging an upturn in the economy,” he said in an interview on CNBC, citing […]
Stanford launches free global innovation program to address COVID-19 challenges
The eight-week Stanford Graduate School of Business course begins an innovation sprint and an entrepreneurial program on key challenges to emerge from the pandemic. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Many are contemplating their work and personal lives in the new normal, as they prepare for the adjustments they’ll make as they emerge from the coronavirus quarantine. The […]